Gujarat Confidential: Helping hand

AHMEDABAD: Helping hand-Vadodara Mayor Bharat Shah turned Good Samaritan on Tuesday by lending a helping hand to victims of an accident. In the morning, while he was on his way to a private function, Shah witnessed an accident that involved a straight collision of about five vehicles on the Jail Road. An auto-rickshaw carrying two lady passengers suffered the maximum impact, with the women sustaining grievous injuries. Shah, who was also accompanied by BJP city president Bharat Dangar, immediately rushed the two bleeding ladies to the SSG hospital in the mayor’s car. Shah said, “Looking at the traffic congestion, we knew it would be difficult for an ambulance to reach. At that point, there was no other option, but to rush the two women to the hospital urgently and I only did what was right.” Shah had to miss the private functions that he was invited for, but he has “no regrets”.

Realtor stumped

The President of Surat Chapter of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI), Velji Sheta, was stumped recently while addressing a press conference to announce the three-day Superhit Surat Property Festival, starting on Friday at Sarsaana in Surat. Addressing mediapersons, Sheta started his speech by saying that Surat was the fourth largest growing city in the world and that there were only one lakh houses in the city against the demand of four lakh houses. His address was followed by a question-answer session. If Surat was the fourth largest growing city of the world, which were the top three cities? asked a journalist. The question not just stumped Sheta, but others present on the dais, who struggled to look for the answer. Sheta finally replied that they did not have the answer and would inform the media later.

Avid avian lover

During the fourth Global Bird Watching Conference in Adalaj near Ahmedabad on Sunday, Tourism Minister Saurabh Patel made a special mention of how he shares his house with dozens of avians. “We have 20 nests in my house and every morning when my wife opens the window, she searches for a new guest. It is really surprising to see her enthusiasm and interest towards these little beautiful creatures as she recognises each one of them and is always ready with her camera as soon as a new guest makes an entry into the family. Now, even I have started recognising male and female among them with the colour of their beaks and heads,” he said. He left the audience surprised when he named a few birds.

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AHMEDABAD: Since the last few years, Ahmedabad’s real estate market is growing at a very fast pace, as new areas are being augmented with infrastructure projects and adequate basic facilities. Another reason for such growth is that the city enjoys close proximity to Mumbai, the financial capital of the country. Further, due to factors like urbanisation, tier-II cities like Ahmedabad, have become major realty destinations of late. As a result, many localities are expanding and new areas on the ou

AHMEDABAD: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) on Monday said it has sanctioned Rs 1,533.90 crore as loan for creation of critical infrastructure such as irrigation and construction of warehouses in Gujarat.

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GUJARAT: If the Gujarat real estate market in general and developers in Ahmedabad and Vadodara in particular, have kept the momentum going in favour of them, then it is more by design than by default. While the property markets across the country have been subdued in the last couple of years, the markets across the state have actually bucked the slowdown blues. As a matter of fact, going by the triple measurement yardstick of the growth of the given property market- capital appreciation, rental

AHMEDABAD: The real estate market of Gujarat is undoubtedly growing at a fast pace but it is not free from concerns like labour shortage. The realty sector in the state is by and large dependent on the migrant work force. For example, while masons from Jharkhand, Bihar and Odisha rule the state’s construction works, carpenters are mainly from West Bengal. Those from Andhra Pradesh have a substantial presence in all categories while plumbing work is the forte of local people. Hence, if there is s

AHMEDABAD: Every area of the city has its unique identity. Likewise Motera is also known for the cricket matches held at the Sardar Patel Stadium located in that area. Further, due to its proximity with the cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, Motera has developed a lot over the last few years. It has attracted a lot of developers and house hunters owing to a number of factors.

AHMEDABAD: Corporate decision-makers are responding to signs of economic improvement across Europe, shifting the focus away from pure cost management to future growth opportunities, with an increased appetite for global expansion into Indian markets.

SURAT: Three persons, including a couple, were booked by police on Sunday in connection with the murder of a property broker in Puna police station area of the city. Police suspect that the broker was murdered over an illicit affair.

SURAT: At a time when Surat Municipal Corporation's(SMC) own electricity bill is likely to cross Rs 100 crore per anum , the ruling class of the city has decided to deliberate and discuss , the proposal of setting up a Rs 47 crore windpower plant to generate own power.